{"id":27237,"date":"2024-11-14T15:26:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/why-are-mobile-and-desktop-rankings-different\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:28:28","slug":"why-are-mobile-and-desktop-rankings-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/why-are-mobile-and-desktop-rankings-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are mobile and desktop rankings different?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1616420741023{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624793276950{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333;\">It goes without saying how important it is today for every business to be present and represented on the Internet. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/services-digitizer\/website-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A good and functional website<\/a><\/span> can improve your business in many ways and help you get in touch with <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/sta-je-ciljana-publika\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">your target audience<\/a><\/span> and potential future clients. This is precisely why the issue of positioning in the search results is very important. It matters if your site shows up in search results for <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/sta-su-kljucne-reci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">key phrases<\/a><\/span> that are important to you. Considering that searches on mobile devices are constantly increasing, it is important to monitor ranking results on both <em>desktop<\/em> computers and mobile devices. <em>Google<\/em> &#8216;s <em>John Mueller<\/em> explains why ranking results for mobile and desktop can differ and what factors can affect those rankings.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ranking for mobile and desktop<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The question that was asked was why the rankings on computers and mobile devices differ, given that the transition to <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/kako-mobile-first-indeksiranje-utice-na-rangiranje\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>mobile-first<\/em> indexing<\/a><\/span> has long been made and that<em> <\/em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/kako-rade-pretrazivaci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Google<\/em> has only one index<\/a><\/span> from which it displays results.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24040&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624793017329{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; img_hover=&#8221;fade-out&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624793067674{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Mueller<\/em> pointed out that indexing and ranking are two different things. Just because we&#8217;re in a <em>mobile-first<\/em> indexing environment doesn&#8217;t mean that the mobile and desktop versions will rank equally because they&#8217;re indexed as mobile. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>&#8220;So, mobile-first indexing primarily refers to the technical aspect of content indexing.&#8221; And we use mobile Googlebot for content indexing. But once the content is indexed, the ranking is still (sort of) completely separate. &#8220;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Mueller<\/em> went on to explain that in some situations, the context of the search engine and the device used during the search can change the ranking. He explained that for some searches, user needs vary by device and this can affect rankings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>&#8220;And it&#8217;s normal for desktop and mobile rankings to differ.&#8221; Sometimes it has to do with things like speed. Sometimes it&#8217;s related to things like mobile adaptation.  <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Sometimes it is also related to the different elements that are displayed on the search results page. For example, if you&#8217;re browsing on your phone, you might want more local information because you&#8217;re on the go. Whereas if you&#8217;re shopping on desktop, you might want more images or more videos to show up in your search results. We therefore tend to show &#8230; a different mix of different types of search results.   <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>And because of this, it may happen that the ranking or visibility of individual pages differs between mobile devices and computers. And that&#8217;s basically normal. It&#8217;s part of how we rank. I wouldn&#8217;t say it would be related to the technical aspect of content indexing. &#8220;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The follow-up question was about whether the lower ranking on mobile devices is due to <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/kako-brzina-sajta-utice-na-seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page load speed.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Mueller<\/em> responded:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>&#8220;&#8230; Mobile-friendliness is definitely a factor. There may be other factors involved, especially with mobile devices and computers. These are the kind of differences that always exist in terms of search results on mobile devices and computers. Sometimes it&#8217;s just because it&#8217;s a different device or a different internet connection, so basically we&#8217;re using different personalization settings. &#8220;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The difference in ranking is due to personalization<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mueller confirmed that mobile indexing is just indexing and separate from the ranking part of the algorithm.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24041&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624793083670{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; img_hover=&#8221;fade-out&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624793136343{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333;\">He also found that personalization plays a role in occasional differences in search rankings between mobile and desktop searches. He said the needs of someone on a mobile device may differ from the needs of someone on a computer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">So, if one is trying to diagnose why there are differences in rankings between devices, then it might be useful to see why top-ranking mobile pages are preferred over lower-ranking pages in the context of mobile and personalization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more news and interesting stories from digital marketing,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">visit our blog page<\/span><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/webdigitizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follow our Instagram profile.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Source:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/what-factors-influence-difference-in-mobile-and-desktop-rankings\/410915\/?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=facebook-auto-publish-peak-usa&amp;fbclid=IwAR2tveZDTWyUNWwnOga3J4SMYfBuM0BgoDV_8XMaiaRgnPIYhllU6DErNRQ#close\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">searchenginejournal<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;orange&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;5&#8243; el_width=&#8221;20&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623826040711{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Made by Neboj\u0161a Radovanovi\u0107 \u2013 SEO Expert @Digitizer<\/em><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587387018476{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Back to News &amp; Stories&#8221; style=&#8221;gradient-custom&#8221; gradient_custom_color_1=&#8221;#000000&#8243; gradient_custom_color_2=&#8221;#515151&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitizer.rs%2Fnews-stories%2F|title:Back%20to%20NEWS%20%26amp%3B%20STORIES|&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1616420741023{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624793276950{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]It goes without saying how important it is today for every business to be present and represented on the Internet. 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